Classes as usual. Kathleen headed to the airport for her visit to our program in Izmir. The 4-week group headed off for the Issyk-Kul excursion. So this is kind of silly, especially out of a 50+ man, but I'll say it anyway. Kathleen has always… more »

Today I finished a curious piece of fiction called "The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse" by Keith Hartman. It's a variously odd work set in a world where most young gay men are Catholic, where Wiccans have actual supernatural power, and… more »

For those of you who have studied both Russian and a Turkic language, these photos might be of interest to you from the point of how KG plurals are formed. I was stunned by пирожныйлар. [image:194:] [image:196:] [image:195:] more »

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Classes as usual today. more »